Public procurement approaches and processes have been under review over many years with the aim of improving efficiency and cost savings. In Kenya, the Government introduced an electronic procurement system with the aim ...

Education for all is a global development need. Achievement of universal primary education
is addressed by the second United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG). In a bid
to achieve this goal, Kenya government ...

Nursing education forms the basis of professional existence, development and
sustainable future. The purpose of this study was to establish how nurse educators
adapted to increased instructional workload, ...

One of the greatest challenges facing the people of sub-Saharan Africa is the production of sufficient food to feed a rapidly increasing population in the face of dwindling finances. As the population grows at 3% and food ...

This thesis reports the results of a study aimed at making low cost cement from
some agricultural and industrial wastes. The utilization of these wastes would
avail an economical and environmentally friendlier waste ...

Mid-life is that period of life approximately thirty-five years to fifty- five years. The teacher may experience challenges in internal and external aging, health problems, menopause, climacteric and marriage conflicts due ...

The study sought to find answers to the questions on implementation of strategic decision whereby it focused on private secondary schools in Nairobi County. Specifically, the study aimed at determining the effects of top ...

The potential to increase service performance and delivery through performance contracting have seen accelerated effort in research in this relatively new concept of management in Kenya. Most studies have focused on ...

The demand for non-renewable fossil fuel has greatly increased in the last few years from 84 million barrels of fossil fuel per day in 1980’s to over 100 million barrels per day in 1990. To supplement this demand, research ...

Wako, Ali Halake(University of the Free State Republic of South Africa, 2011-11)

This work comprises of several aspects of calcium-aluminate phosphor activated with rare earth metal ions i.e. (CaAl2O4:Eu2+, Nd3+, and Dy3+). In particular the luminescent and structural properties of the long afterglow ...

Water insufficiency due to scarcity, poor distribution and high variability of rainfall in the Central Highlands of Kenya (CHK) and a decline in soil fertility have contributed to a continuous decrease in water productivity. ...

This study is a critical review of theoreticalissues that underline the linear mixed effects
(LME) and nonlinear mixed effects (NLME) models. These two areas are revisited under
maximum likelihood and restricted ...

This study set out to examine and map the spatial variation of infant mortality in Kenya. We used data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) database to explore spatial variation. Generalized linear mixed inodel(GLMM) ...

Strategic alliance is one of many methods of strategy development. It has been defined as a situation where two or more organizations share resources and activities to pursue a strategy. Alliances vary considerably in their ...

The global business environment is today faced with uncertainty and various complexities. Innovation, taking risk and ability to pioneer ideas has been proven to contribute immensely to the financial wellness and strategic ...

University students identify themselves and are identified by others as members of
the social community within the university. The development of social identity is a
process enhanced by engagement with the various ...

The tea sector is the most important agricultural sub-sector in Kenya contributing about 26 percent of the total foreign exchange earnings. The sector has been listed by the government as one of the pillars of achieving ...